<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297</id><updated>2012-02-16T14:46:09.805-08:00</updated><category term='portland cello project'/><category term='amy millan'/><category term='busdriver'/><category term='ryan gosling'/><category term='rain machine'/><category term='kyp malone'/><category term='pedro the lion'/><category term='boston'/><category term='anniversary'/><category term='dead man&apos;s bones'/><category term='thao and the get down stay down'/><category term='david bazan'/><title type='text'>Bitches and Tigers</title><subtitle type='html'>(means something, i swear)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-8907745513384402149</id><published>2010-04-05T10:10:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T10:10:47.824-07:00</updated><title type='text'>tumblin'</title><summary type='text'>i've been absent.

resurrected.

easter?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/8907745513384402149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/04/tumblin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/8907745513384402149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/8907745513384402149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/04/tumblin.html' title='tumblin&apos;'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-4231185234759744994</id><published>2010-03-05T15:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-05T15:12:16.129-08:00</updated><title type='text'>those patterns take away my time</title><summary type='text'>i don't know what's happening to me.  more and more, i find myself liking unexpected things.  like, i don't know...those little cheese-flavored chocolates from the asian grocery.  and phantogram:



good, right?  yet another reason sasquatch is gonna rule.

also, truman peyote are from boston.  i think they sound like a barebones animal collective, in a really really good way:




and why did no </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/4231185234759744994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/03/those-patterns-take-away-my-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4231185234759744994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4231185234759744994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/03/those-patterns-take-away-my-time.html' title='those patterns take away my time'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-3708789703712363670</id><published>2010-02-24T14:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-24T14:04:49.801-08:00</updated><title type='text'>legend, etc.</title><summary type='text'>tomorrow, PA's:



t-model ford's 90th birthdayversary tour...maybe.  he can't quite remember when he was born.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/3708789703712363670/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/legend-etc.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/3708789703712363670'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/3708789703712363670'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/legend-etc.html' title='legend, etc.'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-4242381753641406958</id><published>2010-02-18T12:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T12:33:35.130-08:00</updated><title type='text'>"i don't care for fancy things"</title><summary type='text'>first things first:


taken by trees, tomorrow (feb 19) @ the brattle theater.

second things second:

it's shaping up to be a rad winter/spring...
 
 feb 19 - taken by trees, brattle theater
feb 20 - quilt, pa's lounge
march 6 - copeland farewell tour, middle east downstairs
march 21 - the clientele, great scott
march 25 - black lips, middle east downstairs
march 27 - toro y moi, middle east </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/4242381753641406958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-dont-care-for-fancy-things.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4242381753641406958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4242381753641406958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-dont-care-for-fancy-things.html' title='&quot;i don&apos;t care for fancy things&quot;'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-5487688280490988036</id><published>2010-02-16T05:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-16T05:34:57.863-08:00</updated><title type='text'>we were promised jetpacks...</title><summary type='text'>i got one of those pocked video record thingz...ima start using it:


we were promised jetpacks - it's thunder and it's lightning


we were promised jetpacks - quiet little voices

we were promised jetpacks put on a pretty solid show.  i also have a video up from royal bangs (the opener) on my youtube account.

i'll probably try to do this for a lot of the shows i go to.  more about which...later</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/5487688280490988036/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/we-were-promised-jetpacks.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/5487688280490988036'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/5487688280490988036'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/we-were-promised-jetpacks.html' title='we were promised jetpacks...'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-4445010027306936124</id><published>2010-02-05T11:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-05T11:35:17.967-08:00</updated><title type='text'>deadbeat winter</title><summary type='text'>thursday at great scott:


Neon Indian - Deadbeat Summer from LaundroMatinee on Vimeo.

are we in?  probably depends on how court goes that morning...

(i'm the good guy)

oh, and also on whether or not i can get over how annoying vega was.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/4445010027306936124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/deadbeat-winter.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4445010027306936124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4445010027306936124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/deadbeat-winter.html' title='deadbeat winter'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-506830524197105128</id><published>2010-02-03T14:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T14:04:25.730-08:00</updated><title type='text'>playin' yourself like accordion</title><summary type='text'>a new mix, yo. 
i just got back from vegas, and somehow failed to get rich OR married.  i can't help but think it would've been different if sinatra was still around.
anyway, this mix is loosely vegas-inspired.  start at sinatra, end in hell, all haze and bleeding red lights in between.
 b&amp;t | feb 2010 
1. frank sinatra - my funny valentine
2. air - playground love
3. danger mouse/sparklehorse/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/506830524197105128/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/playin-yourself-like-accordion.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/506830524197105128'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/506830524197105128'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/playin-yourself-like-accordion.html' title='playin&apos; yourself like accordion'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/S2nwgBABGRI/AAAAAAAAAFg/vmkIFPmEfvs/s72-c/B%26T-FEB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-8284854104899925383</id><published>2010-02-02T08:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T08:39:35.133-08:00</updated><title type='text'>we make the wind blow</title><summary type='text'>major lazer
sleigh bells
middle east downstairs
april 4



(kill it)


(love it)

more to come...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/8284854104899925383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/we-make-wind-blow.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/8284854104899925383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/8284854104899925383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2010/02/we-make-wind-blow.html' title='we make the wind blow'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-353269127584014037</id><published>2009-12-10T16:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T16:26:36.948-08:00</updated><title type='text'>periodically, i'm in my element</title><summary type='text'>hey friends.

i actually made a second mix.  i know, i'm surprised too.

i hope no one was expecting any sort of indie christmas mix.  because i didn't make one, for two reasons:

1) not everyone celebrates christmas.
1b) indie hannukah music is hard to find.  believe me.

2) indie christmas music really sucks.  i mean, i love christmas.  and i like indie music.  but they're like brownies and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/353269127584014037/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/12/periodically-im-in-my-element.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/353269127584014037'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/353269127584014037'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/12/periodically-im-in-my-element.html' title='periodically, i&apos;m in my element'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SyF-S_cjrGI/AAAAAAAAAFM/PyMfDSkJYkM/s72-c/bitches+and+tigers+l+december+2009+cover.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-3773528886903457030</id><published>2009-12-03T08:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T08:09:34.185-08:00</updated><title type='text'>all of my friends are still cool...</title><summary type='text'>i miss playing music.  if you've been reading this for a while, you know that i made a plan to write a 6-song ep this year...so far i have four chords and a few unfinished fragments of lyrics about pirates.

i've been thinking lately about the bands i've been lucky enough to play in, especially two:

the gilded age was some of the most fun i've ever had, when taylor and adam weren't arguing about</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/3773528886903457030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-miss-playing-music.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/3773528886903457030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/3773528886903457030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/12/i-miss-playing-music.html' title='all of my friends are still cool...'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-7901080767786263865</id><published>2009-12-02T11:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T11:26:32.994-08:00</updated><title type='text'>straight killa</title><summary type='text'>before we begin...


visual aid #1:
  
(straight killa)


visual aid #2:
 
 (straight killed)

Henry is the best dog in the world.  Right now I am sitting on my couch in peace for the first time in months.  For the first time in months, I'm not afraid that dangling my toes off the end will leave me with bloody nibbled nubs.  I'm not afraid that letting the kitchen go unattended will leave me with</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/7901080767786263865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/12/straight-killa.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/7901080767786263865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/7901080767786263865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/12/straight-killa.html' title='straight killa'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SxaJPCmmlsI/AAAAAAAAAEs/QLIs4pXhccQ/s72-c/downsize%287%29.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-761294047608050663</id><published>2009-11-16T08:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T13:50:45.373-08:00</updated><title type='text'>i made you this</title><summary type='text'>today, while i was biking to work, a leaf hit me in the face.  so i finished making this november mix for you.

this is something i'm thinking about doing every month - because i enjoy making mixes, especially ones with themes and/or moods.  this one's theme is "november, sortof, but really just things i've been listening to lately or have seen live in the past month or so."

i hope you enjoy it </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/761294047608050663/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-made-you-this.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/761294047608050663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/761294047608050663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-made-you-this.html' title='i made you this'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SwF6gQ_AlSI/AAAAAAAAAEk/HMGI8E-NKGI/s72-c/november+mix.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-1828439922324528973</id><published>2009-10-31T13:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T13:08:14.207-07:00</updated><title type='text'>swallow the world</title><summary type='text'>last night, biking home at 3:00 am, i opened my mouth.  at first it was just a yawn - one of those giant, mouth-stretching, jaw-creaking yawns - but still just a yawn.  and then i left it there.  open, i mean.  and i imagined swallowing the world - taking in everything around me, and somehow making it a part of myself.

that means something, i suppose.  but i won't talk more about it.

i'm </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/1828439922324528973/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/10/swallow-world.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/1828439922324528973'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/1828439922324528973'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/10/swallow-world.html' title='swallow the world'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-8058762407477734022</id><published>2009-10-03T12:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T12:53:05.995-07:00</updated><title type='text'>if you scratch my back, i'll scratch yours...</title><summary type='text'>but you have to scratch mine first.

how?

just give me your opinions on what i should get permanently tattooed on my body.  permanently as in forever.  no big deal.  don't worry, i'll give you options...

since middle school, i've wanted a solid heart on my forearm.  because i'm silly and i believe in love.  i even drew it on my chest and took an emo-as-hell picture of myself a few years ago:


</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/8058762407477734022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-you-scratch-my-back-ill-scratch.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/8058762407477734022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/8058762407477734022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/10/if-you-scratch-my-back-ill-scratch.html' title='if you scratch my back, i&apos;ll scratch yours...'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SsejcCdhH4I/AAAAAAAAADU/v4pGrxoAjRw/s72-c/emo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-7328599615775998689</id><published>2009-10-01T17:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-01T17:58:13.396-07:00</updated><title type='text'>i want to speak at an intimate decibel, with the precision of an infinite decimal (...but i won't)</title><summary type='text'>it's been a while, dear friends.  and life has been busy.

the last week and a half has mostly been occupied by concussions, broken bicycles, criminal charges, and things of that nature.  i won't go into it until after court (nov. 3 at 10:00 am, justice is served), if at all - but let's just say that sometimes people can be amazingly and surprisingly inconsiderate and immature.  and apparently </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/7328599615775998689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-want-to-speak-at-intimate-decibel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/7328599615775998689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/7328599615775998689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-want-to-speak-at-intimate-decibel.html' title='i want to speak at an intimate decibel, with the precision of an infinite decimal (...but i won&apos;t)'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-2992468860924055504</id><published>2009-09-13T19:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T20:02:10.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Swallowing fireflies (a greatmazing day, and resolutions for more)</title><summary type='text'>At this point, I have no idea what kind of blog this will be.  Or if it will even survive.  But since I'm pushing the double-digits in followers, I feel like I need to make it at least mildly interesting.

It's in that spirit that I bring you this, perhaps the most magical thing I've learned in the past few months:

PEOPLE GLOW.

You really should read the article.  Really.  It's magical.  And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/2992468860924055504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/swallowing-fireflies-greatmazing-day.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/2992468860924055504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/2992468860924055504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/swallowing-fireflies-greatmazing-day.html' title='Swallowing fireflies (a greatmazing day, and resolutions for more)'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/Sq2dyXbPPTI/AAAAAAAAACs/sKF2rXhWJPM/s72-c/downsize.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-169340182423179628</id><published>2009-09-07T11:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T11:21:25.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Urban Outfitters makes me want to shoot myself in the face</title><summary type='text'>Maybe this is old news, but I just found out that Urban Outfitters, in collaboration with Republic Bikes, has started selling fixed gears:

http://bikes.urbanoutfitters.com/

This makes me want to shoot myself in the face.  And I'm not completely sure why.

Maybe because Republic Bikes has been one of those ads that shows up next to my gmail for the past six months or so - "You can be cool for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/169340182423179628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/urban-outfitters-makes-me-want-to-shoot.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/169340182423179628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/169340182423179628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/urban-outfitters-makes-me-want-to-shoot.html' title='Urban Outfitters makes me want to shoot myself in the face'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVLVr9sMTI/AAAAAAAAACE/-JqvcA3oCn0/s72-c/adrian+009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-4948115249381536624</id><published>2009-09-06T20:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T20:21:20.756-07:00</updated><title type='text'>more more more</title><summary type='text'>Boston just keeps on giving.  She really is the best, y'all.  I mean, we had that one fight when she kept getting dark at like 4:30 in the afternoon...but we worked through it and I really feel it's made us stronger.  We got a bottle of wine, talked about each other's feelings, and - I swear - will never take each other for granted again.

I thought she was done with all the anniversary gifts.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/4948115249381536624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-more-more.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4948115249381536624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4948115249381536624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/more-more-more.html' title='more more more'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5534589078891442297.post-4518343716712172421</id><published>2009-09-03T21:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-03T23:03:25.387-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='david bazan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='anniversary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='amy millan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dead man&apos;s bones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thao and the get down stay down'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rain machine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='portland cello project'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ryan gosling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pedro the lion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='boston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kyp malone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='busdriver'/><title type='text'>happy anniversary, y'alllll</title><summary type='text'>Boston and I are celebrating our one-year anniversary this week. Maybe today. Or possibly yesterday. But probably tomorrow.(neither of us are very good with dates)But we show our love in other ways. My love languages are quality time and physical touch, I think. But it's usually pretty hard for Boston and I to work out the whole physical touch thing, what with her being a big city and me being a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/feeds/4518343716712172421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-anniversary-yalllll.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4518343716712172421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5534589078891442297/posts/default/4518343716712172421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bitchesandtigers.blogspot.com/2009/09/happy-anniversary-yalllll.html' title='happy anniversary, y&apos;alllll'/><author><name>Adrian</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11635724026226092916</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqVz7WUIGfI/AAAAAAAAACM/xyyWodGqTHQ/S220/5126_537035494684_28300868_31847959_220493_n.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SrA0viTRESY/SqCScdK2DFI/AAAAAAAAAB8/B8XUi-338Nc/s72-c/adrian+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
